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• On the post: Merriam Webster Dictionary Pulled From Elementary School For Defining Oral Sex; Guess What All The Students Just Found Out About?

  

  dwind ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 02:27pm

  I've been away from schools too long.
  Sigh

• On the post: Merriam Webster Dictionary Pulled From Elementary School For Defining Oral Sex; Guess What All The Students Just Found Out About?

  

  dwind ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 02:20pm

  Schools still have hard cover dictionary's?

• On the post: Technology Blamed For Bad Grammar Despite Total Lack Of Causal Evidence

  

  dwind ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 12:46pm

  And the real problem is

  There is no shortcut for 'eh', so the kids have stopped using it, eh.
  So when they take the test the 'eh' is left off and they flunk, eh.

• On the post: Technology Blamed For Bad Grammar Despite Total Lack Of Causal Evidence

  

  dwind ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 12:44pm

  And the real problem is

• On the post: News.com Prevents Falsely Accused Grandmother Of Getting Kicked Off The Internet By The MPAA

  

  dwind ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 04:46am

  wii accepts WPA2. WEP is worse than useless and should be removed from wireless routers.
  Message of the day
  Where there can be a problem there will be a problem.

• On the post: News.com Prevents Falsely Accused Grandmother Of Getting Kicked Off The Internet By The MPAA

  

  dwind ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2010 @ 06:36pm

  Re: Re: Back to the bsics

  Thanks for the explanation. So, the RIAA actually participates in the distribution of files.
  ed2k had to pay $30m to the riaa for copyright violation in 2006.

• On the post: News.com Prevents Falsely Accused Grandmother Of Getting Kicked Off The Internet By The MPAA

  

  dwind ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2010 @ 03:36pm

  Back to the bsics

  Again, how did BayTSP get her ip address in the first place?
  They have to be sniffing the line somewhere. Unless they have permission from the owner or are a govt. agency with a warrant they are guilty of wiretapping. This is no different from someone listening in on a phone conversation and actually much worse as they are getting all kinds of traffic not just download stuff. Credit card numbers can be flashing by as well as social security numbers medical history, you name it. How do they get away unchallenged?

• On the post: The Ridiculousness Of Copyright Clearances: Fight Club Producers Had To Pay Off Marla Singer?

  

  dwind ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2010 @ 03:10pm

  Y'all crazy

  It's the pirates causing the problem.

• On the post: IFPI Claims That Three Strikes Can Surgically Remove One Family Member From The Internet, But Not The Rest

  

  dwind ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2010 @ 11:34am

  So, where do they ge tthe infringing ip address from?

  Are they sniffing a trunk? Do they have a snuffer outside a known site? Doesn't anyone think this is very very illegal to sniff a wire? I believe it's called wiretapping. The eff should challenge them on that point.

• On the post: Wait, Who Wants A Proprietary, Locked Down Device That Limits What You Can Do?

  

  dwind ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2010 @ 05:11pm

  Once upon a time

  any product IBM made was an instant success. They could have put a cable on a red brick and have people waiting in line to buy them. I believe that is where Apple sees themselves.

• On the post: Wait, Who Wants A Proprietary, Locked Down Device That Limits What You Can Do?

  

  dwind ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2010 @ 04:48pm

  Schools

  Students could use it if text books were ported to it and homework could be assigned, worked on and turned in via the ipad.
  Other than that I really don't see a use for it.
  Right now for example, I'm watching a hockey game, browsing this and reading a book. Can that be done with the ipad?
  I also do a lot of photography. can lightroom or aperture be loaded in it? It would have been a nice machine with mac osx and usb slots.
  I'll wait for the google version and I'm a loyal apple user.

• On the post: Jammie Thomas Rejects Offer From RIAA To Settle For $25k Plus Request For Judge To Vacate Last Week's Decision

  

  dwind ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2010 @ 03:22pm

  The charity being given the money is probably sound exchange.

• On the post: Honda Sued For Trademark Infringement For Suggesting It Wants To Save The Earth

  

  dwind ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2010 @ 11:55am

  I'm gonna patent
  Beam me up Scotty,
  Tree Huggers,
  trademark litigation, etc.

• On the post: After Three Months, Newsday's Grand Paywall Experiment Has 35 Paying Customers. Yes, 35.

  

  dwind ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2010 @ 08:08am

  Blame it on the pirates

  The pirates have grabbed the content and put it up for free on their bit torrent sites.

• On the post: Yes, Three Strikes Laws Have Unintended Consequences That Even Music Industry Execs Hate

  

  dwind ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2010 @ 07:57am

  Do you make up the username and password or is it assigned when you check in?
  I never figured out how the 3 strikes could keep a person off the internet. Make it a little inconvenient but keep them off when there is free wifi all over.
  Maybe the next step will be to assign a user name at birth.

• On the post: EU To Explore Legality Of Virgin Media's Copyright Cop Software

  

  dwind ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2010 @ 04:49am

  I've been curious where they do the actual monitoring? In the isp's racks? They can't just put a sniffer on any wire and get the data plus I believe that would be wiretapping. In fact, I think anytime they sniff the wire it would be wiretapping?

• On the post: Vancouver Olympics 'Brand Protection Guidelines' Almost Entirely Arbitrary

  

  dwind ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2010 @ 06:21pm

  Where does the money go?

  The Olympics makes a bundle of money for someone or something.
  Where does it all go? I don't see their expenses as being all that high. Each country pays for it's own athletes and the host country furnishes the arenas, etc. so where does all the money they - the Olympic committee for lack of a better description - go? They get billions of $$$$.

• On the post: Vancouver Olympics 'Brand Protection Guidelines' Almost Entirely Arbitrary

  

  dwind ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2010 @ 06:17pm

  Where does themoney go?

• On the post: App Store Overload? Kindle Gets An App Store

  

  dwind ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2010 @ 07:44am

  I'd say the app will run on which ever device you currently have in your hand or is closest to you. Free apps of course.
  Does anyone actually buy apps?
  How many people have both a kindle and iphone?

• On the post: Can't Innovate? Litigate! Kodak Goes After Apple, RIM For Patent Infringement In Both Courts And ITC

  

  dwind ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2010 @ 04:56am

  Maybe Apple will buy Kodak.

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